...... a presentation for Learning 2.008, Shanghai, China, September 2008 Each year the New Media Consortium (NMC) publishes the Horizon Report, the result of a research project that identifies and describes six emerging technologies that will be have considerable use in education in three time horizons: less than one year; two to three years; and four to five years. We'll discuss how these horizons may fit or not for your own school and location and share examples of how these horizons are approaching us.
As the project has a mostly North American focus, we at the NMC are interested in comparing how the horizons may change in different regions. In July 2008 we convened a group of educators in Melbourne, Australia to develop a report for the Australia/New Zealand region. The preliminary results of this research will make an interesting third comparison point.
What technologies will be used in most international schools in the next year?
making information public on wikis
onenote for office, sharepoint, collaboration productivity
school ning
future of books, libraries
course management systems, mix and match web 2.0 tools CLC
using moodle for planning
more people blogging
challenge of moving people in use of tech
organizational version of twittter
kids use of video tech, getting teachers to see what tech kids are using; how to harness
getting beyond email for communication
challenge of dealing with open-ness, concern over security/id or people "stealing content"
ways in which communication happens with parents- SMS
SmartCard for registration
What technologies used in business and entertainment will be used widely in international schools in 2-3 years?
So much discussion we never got past the first horizon!
What technologies emerging might be widely used in international schools in 5 years?
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Alan Levine
Vice President Community & CTO New Media Consortium...... a presentation for Learning 2.008, Shanghai, China, September 2008
Each year the New Media Consortium (NMC) publishes the Horizon Report, the result of a research project that identifies and describes six emerging technologies that will be have considerable use in education in three time horizons: less than one year; two to three years; and four to five years. We'll discuss how these horizons may fit or not for your own school and location and share examples of how these horizons are approaching us.
As the project has a mostly North American focus, we at the NMC are interested in comparing how the horizons may change in different regions. In July 2008 we convened a group of educators in Melbourne, Australia to develop a report for the Australia/New Zealand region. The preliminary results of this research will make an interesting third comparison point.
Links for Reference
How Horizon Report is Used
2008 Horizon Report
2008: One Year or Less: Grassroots Video
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/grassroots-video/2008: One Year or Less: Collaboration Webs
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/collaboration-webs/2008: Two to Three years: Mobile Broadband
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/mobile-broadband/2008: Two to Three years: Data Mashups
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/data-mashups/2008: Four to Five years: Collective Intelligence
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/collective-intelligence2008: Four to Five years: Social Operating Systems
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2008/chapters/social-operating-systems/Horizon Call to Scholarship
http://horizon.nmc.org/wiki/Research_AgendaNew Horizons
Build Your Own Horizon
For international schools...
What technologies will be used in most international schools in the next year?
What technologies used in business and entertainment will be used widely in international schools in 2-3 years?
So much discussion we never got past the first horizon!
What technologies emerging might be widely used in international schools in 5 years?